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==Shunts - overview== | ==Shunts - overview== | ||
Most shunts are a consequence of congenital heart disease | Most shunts are a consequence of congenital heart disease. They can be grouped into ''left-to-right'' and ''right-to-left''. | ||
===Left-to-right=== | ===Left-to-right=== | ||
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===Right-to-left=== | ===Right-to-left=== | ||
Mnemonic ''5 Ts'':<ref name=Ref_PBoD568>{{Ref PBoD|568}}</ref> | Mnemonic ''5 Ts'':<ref name=Ref_PBoD568>{{Ref PBoD|568}}</ref> | ||
*Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) | *Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). | ||
*Transposition of great arteries | *Transposition of great arteries. | ||
*Truncus arteriosus | *Truncus arteriosus. | ||
*Tricuspid valve atresia | *Tricuspid valve atresia. | ||
*Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. | *Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. | ||
Clinical: TOF is the classic cause of "blue babies". | Clinical: | ||
*These babies are blue, as the blood partially bypasses the lung and/or oxygenated blood is mixed with de-oxygenated blood. | |||
*TOF is the classic cause of "blue babies". | |||
==Ventricular septal defect== | ==Ventricular septal defect== | ||